NALC members whose children are headed to college have access to three scholarship funds to assist them financially:

1. The William C. Doherty Scholarship Fund, which each year awards 15 renewable grants of $800 to children of NALC members. The fund is supported by contributions, which may be sent to Doherty Scholarship Fund, c/o NALC, 100 Indiana Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001-2144.
2. The Costas G. Lemonopoulos Scholarship Trust, which awards scholarships to children of NALC members attending Florida state-supported four-year colleges and universities or St. Petersburg Junior College.
3. The Union Plus Scholarship Program, available to members, spouses and children of NALC and other unions that participate in the AFL-CIO's Union Privilege program.

William C. Doherty Scholarship Fund

Sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers in honor of its president from 1941 to 1962, the William C. Doherty Scholarship Fund each year awards 15 scholarships of $800 each to children of members in good standing.

Print and fill out the Doherty Scholarship preliminary application form (online in PDF format) and mail to the William C. Doherty Scholarship Committee, c/o NALC, 100 Indiana Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001-2144 no later than December 31.

 

Eligibility:

	Applicant must be the son, daughter or legally adopted child of a letter carrier NALC member in good standing—active, retired or deceased. Stepchildren are eligible if they live with the letter carrier in a regular parent-child relationship.
	Applicant’s parent must be a member in good standing of NALC for at least one year prior to making application.
	Applicant must be a high school senior when making application and must submit the application form, signed by the NALC member and an officer of the member’s NALC branch. This form must be returned to NALC headquarters by December 31.

Requirements
 

	All applicants must take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) in either their junior or senior year, and a copy of the original printout of the scores from the administering organization must be received at NALC headquarters by midnight, March 31.
	All biographical questionnaires and secondary school reports must be received at NALC headquarters by midnight, March 31.

Regulations

	Scholarship is to be used toward pursuing undergraduate degree at an accredited college of recipient’s choice.
	Winners may accept other college scholarship assistance in addition to the NALC award.
	Any change of schools or course of study must be done only with the permission of the NALC Scholarship Committee.
	A transcript of grades must be forwarded to the committee at the end of each school year.
	If winner suffers certified serious illness, scholarship will be held in abeyance for not more than one year.
	If unusual conditions are going to require an interruption in schooling, recipient must state reason(s) in writing to the Scholarship Committee and request that the scholarship be held in abeyance. Request(s) will be reviewed by the Committee and a decision rendered.
	If the NALC member is suspended by his/her local NALC branch or enters supervision, scholarship will be canceled.

Terms of award

	The official scholarship judges each year award five scholarships in each of three nationwide regions. Winners are judged on the basis of secondary school records, personal qualifications and test scores. As in the past, the scholarship judges will consist of experienced persons in the educational field. Decisions of the judges will be final.
	Scholarship awards will be up to $800 annually, renewable for four consecutive years, providing the winner maintains satisfactory grades. Award money will be deposited annually with the college. It will be credited to the winner’s account to be drawn upon under the rules and regulations which the college has established for handling scholarship funds. Award money is to be used for required college fees, including room and board and transportation fees.
	Children of NALC national officers are not eligible.